Hello,
I was very ashamed to post such a low score but I thought that I could get some good tips from beatthegmat members if I posted my score and experience here. I started my preparation in 2008 and it has been more than a year I am still lurching far behind my target score.
Until now, I have already taken GMAT four times and every time my score was less than 600.
My all scores:
530(V:17,Q: 47) taken on – June, 2007
540(V: 17,Q: 48) taken on – April, 2008
580(V: 25,Q: 44 ) taken on – September, 2008
580(V: 23,Q: 46) taken on – May, 2009 (did not finish the last question in Quant; time went by)
This time, I did everything for preparation. My all last test scores (GMATPrep and MGMAT CAT test) were above 700 so I became completely amuck after seeing such a low score.
My experience:
Quant:
1. Lot many Roman numeric based questions in Quant (almost 3-4)
2. Probability question is sure. I got more than two. Last one was probability question and I, doing calculation very cautiously, forgot to keep tab on time. I selected my answer before but did not get time to click confirm button. Did GMAT consider it unanswered?
3. Word problem, particularly profit-loss
4. Geometry was ok – but I got fewer
Verbal:
1. Got many argument based questions (2 actors) and Justify questions
2. Question those come with underline in CR
3. SC is way tougher than 1000 series (I did 1000 series twice + reviewed) – I can remember that I learned idiom “range from X to Y and Z” from 1000 SC but there were options using “range from X to Y to Z” and I got such 3 questions testing the same idiom. I was overtly confused when I did not see my known idiomatic format.
4. RC was normal and comprehensible. I did not see any elusive word in RC whatsoever.
My gut feeling is that, because SC and CR are more excruciating than they used to be previously, my score seriously deteriorated in verbal. At this time, I am not able to analyze my weak areas because whichever tests available in market have low difficulty level questions in verbal.
Already I have gone thorough PowerScore CR book though did not work too much on argument based questions. I would definitely appreciate your eager and spontaneous response. Thank you all.
P.S. Yesterday, I went to Princeton and take their free mock test at center. I got 650 (V31, Q47). I do not know how far Princeton’s test actually imitates the exact scoring algorithm of GMAT. In quant, I did 4 mistakes (questions are very basic and ridiculously easy). In verbal, I did 10 mistakes (2 in CR, 3 in SC and 5 in RC). I am not sure whether I would learn anything new from Princeton so I am abandoning my plan to get admission there.
I was very ashamed to post such a low score but I thought that I could get some good tips from beatthegmat members if I posted my score and experience here. I started my preparation in 2008 and it has been more than a year I am still lurching far behind my target score.
Until now, I have already taken GMAT four times and every time my score was less than 600.
My all scores:
530(V:17,Q: 47) taken on – June, 2007
540(V: 17,Q: 48) taken on – April, 2008
580(V: 25,Q: 44 ) taken on – September, 2008
580(V: 23,Q: 46) taken on – May, 2009 (did not finish the last question in Quant; time went by)
This time, I did everything for preparation. My all last test scores (GMATPrep and MGMAT CAT test) were above 700 so I became completely amuck after seeing such a low score.
My experience:
Quant:
1. Lot many Roman numeric based questions in Quant (almost 3-4)
2. Probability question is sure. I got more than two. Last one was probability question and I, doing calculation very cautiously, forgot to keep tab on time. I selected my answer before but did not get time to click confirm button. Did GMAT consider it unanswered?
3. Word problem, particularly profit-loss
4. Geometry was ok – but I got fewer
Verbal:
1. Got many argument based questions (2 actors) and Justify questions
2. Question those come with underline in CR
3. SC is way tougher than 1000 series (I did 1000 series twice + reviewed) – I can remember that I learned idiom “range from X to Y and Z” from 1000 SC but there were options using “range from X to Y to Z” and I got such 3 questions testing the same idiom. I was overtly confused when I did not see my known idiomatic format.
4. RC was normal and comprehensible. I did not see any elusive word in RC whatsoever.
My gut feeling is that, because SC and CR are more excruciating than they used to be previously, my score seriously deteriorated in verbal. At this time, I am not able to analyze my weak areas because whichever tests available in market have low difficulty level questions in verbal.
Already I have gone thorough PowerScore CR book though did not work too much on argument based questions. I would definitely appreciate your eager and spontaneous response. Thank you all.
P.S. Yesterday, I went to Princeton and take their free mock test at center. I got 650 (V31, Q47). I do not know how far Princeton’s test actually imitates the exact scoring algorithm of GMAT. In quant, I did 4 mistakes (questions are very basic and ridiculously easy). In verbal, I did 10 mistakes (2 in CR, 3 in SC and 5 in RC). I am not sure whether I would learn anything new from Princeton so I am abandoning my plan to get admission there.
